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thanks
not a fan of mario kart strat for suppression personally
Mario kart suppression is like the third most pepega strat I've seen for anything
Which is saying a lot
damn ive never seen a 100k stardiver
nice
does anyone have that gif of the hatch in tenstrike doing the tokyo drift around the dude
Where is the best place to start getting into savage content?
The beginning. Step into a learning party in party finder for E5S.
Current Ex Modes are a good starting point too.
Go in PF and join any learning party for e5s
If there aren’t any you can always make one
also worth mentioning to know your job well
@foggy latch as promised, shitty paint

as you can see, you only need to remember the first color portal, once positioned you either always stay or always switch
Also I’m gonna plug the braindead strat
I think pf has picked it up but just in case your data center hasn’t
You can stack the circles together during color phase and not die
So rather than having your group spread out you can have all the healers/tanks and all the DPS stack together and do the portal mechanic together
That guide for E7S color portals is exactly what I needed o7
Just to confirm, how much rdps is needed for e7s add phase?
You usually won’t have a problem with add enrage unless you fail some/all of the mechanics or get too many damage downs
The DPS checks in 7 aren’t that punishing
it ain't week 1 anymore 😔
Adds are usually a problem now if one sides DPS is too high nowadays tbh
Source: My static

So screwing up mechanics that cause damage down/death/adds invuln will tank party dps
Got it

What do you guys do once BiS ?
if yoshi-p says I should take a break then 
i've been getting horrid percentiles as war. figured i would try the others during this farm period and see if im just an idiot or another class clicks better
so far even gemmed for war im doin pretty good as gnd/drk
pld i either am doing something horribly wrong or my stats are just in all the wrong places
smug is cute
am i being smug? psure 2/3 of those lines are me saying im pretty bad
which would be the opposite of that word but
¯_(ツ)_/¯
it's an unrelated message
If I were to not attune to the aetherite in the new shb area and leave, what would happen?
You would have to go back the roundabout way
Which is go to the entrance near the keeper of the lake dungeon
Ohh ok.
And touch the thingmagig again.
So is the best way to improve just to keep practicing?
practice and review
So, i'm trying to farm the birds from ex trials but one thing that's been bothering me for a long time and i can't get the answer is that if the bird drops it'll go to everyone on the party? or it'll be randomly choosen?
whoever roll highest get it
oh no
Why oh no? that's how every other piece of loot works in this game
yeah, that was my goal from the begining, hope i get lucky and get the drop before it :)
As good manners how many pulls you guys stay for X mechs while the group keeps wiping before even reaching it ?
2-3
^
Is PLD buffs (fight or flight/requicast) supposed is line up? cause even with the reccomend SkS my buffs aren't lining up on time to TA
an unaltered pld rotation has their buffs drift out of raid buff timings ~3s every minute in full uptime
So yes it lines up at first
and slowly drifts over the course of the fight
is it just me or does fox look thicker
rip 1% adds enrage in ucob
and then you died horribly to either a poorly mitigated Morn Afah or people not taking Exaflares 1000% seriously
we wiped to 65%
due akh morn eaten by one tank
since other tank dced
exaflares was surprisingly fine

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gold bahamut enrage

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So out of the ultimates, what would you consider the most fun?
no idea
but yea i walled it like retard at end
ucob is best ultimate
tea was annoying
uwu i have mixed feeling
it felt a tiny step up of savage
and not really ultimate
I often see the BiS for ultimates include Eurekan weapons, can this be Physeos/Eureka or something lower, like Pyros?
"bis weapon" for 4.x ultimates is whatever you can start rolling stats on
which is pyros iirc, but it's not worth the time investment
just use an i470+ weapon and sync down
while the dps checks in ultimate aren't especially trivial, the bulk of the difficulty is on execution of mechanics, and overall consistency
don't especially have to min-max gear for it to be more than sufficient
I already have my Eureka weapon, so it made me remember that
But I see, alright
Thanks
Does anyone have a list of the strats used in e8s? The one I was using so far only shows the different variations for only light rampart
i mean the dps check wasnt that bad
and almost outdpsed everyone there in the dps check that matters

Hey 🙂 i played ff14 at stard than than kinda lost track. Now i have a lvl 63 astrologican and im wondering what the endgame consits of for me as a healer than? Like raiding dungeons? Could anyone give me a short summary whats the main focus points? 🙂 (Prob currency grind to get gear and artifact weapon first i guess?)
Dungeons are casual content more for somewhat quickly grinding for the weekly tomestones, assuming you don’t do hunt trains.
Depending on what content difficulty you’re comfortable with, it can be anything from Zonureskin treasure map dungeons for Gil and glamour, Extreme trials for mounts and weapons, and savage raids for their equipment/weapons
i see. thanks for the awnser. 🙂 Well i guess aiming for the raids will be my thing with dungeons and trials on the way :3
Does anyone have up-to-date BIS? (pls ping me, thank you) just for overall crafters & raiding for all classes. 😄
!faq balance
@stable basin go to this discord for all the BiS sets
dps check in ucob is miles easier now anyway
What gear should I be spending tomestones of phantasmagoria on if I recently got to 80?
Chest/legs > head/gloves/boots > belt > accessories
Is it the deepshadow stuff?
Alright nice, thanks!
You shouldn't be buying i470 gear I the first place
cus you'll want to instantly replace it anyways
Might as well buy materials and sell them to buy crafted gear at that point 🤔
what's the best way to find people for pugs? :/ sitting in PF for hours just to start practicing savage is sucking the fun out of the game for me
Best time to be looking for a party is Tuesday and Friday/Saturday evenings.
Tuesdays are the weekly reset, and the weekend for reasons I hope are obvious.
also you might be better off finding a static at this point
not a hell of a lot of practice groups in the earlier savages atm
as you know
i assume people prog and clear E5S pretty quickly
so the groups don't stay around long, but pf can always surprise me
i assume people prog and clear E5S pretty quickly
I also live in a silly fantasy land where the melee don't greed Fury's Fourteen and wipe the group
do you also live in a land where they do TN
i
am so done with my life
I got to sharpened stage in anima within 2 days
I feel like a dying rat
I'm working on getting to 60 on my AST so I can get to the sharpened anima
I don't want to go further with it

@stable basin I feel you. Last 2 weeks I completed 1 Zodiac and 2 Anima relics.. I kinda wanna die too. Had never done a relic before that. :p
does the ninja anima weapon look better at its final stage or its sharpened stage
You can judge for yourself
A showcase of all stages of the relic weapon for the Ninja, from the i50 Unfinished Yoshimitsu to the i275 Sandungs Lux.
Mister Salty of Exodus with Lysalia Himaa (huge thanks to Lysalia for going out of her way and helping me out with this one!)
FINAL FANTASY is a registere...
Starts at 2:06
for the anima line
@stable basin
you got the funny number
@blazing pelican my fantasy land is great actually
Nice
I GOT REFLUGENCE FOR THE 3RD TIME IN THE LAST HOUR
we finally are making it consistently past Light Rampant 
and I finally got my 500 weapon 
My static has been at LR for a week now

They want to learn uptime strats but secretly I prefer safe strats
orbs suck
we probably have enough dps to not have to care about uptime here probably
you do
anyone know who to talk to about getting unbanned from balance discord? xd
Why did u get banned? @cursive carbon
shitposting in a blm channel
You deserve it 
😔
if its in questions channel then you asked for it
if in lounge then its ok since thats meme channel
I find that funny because there is shitposting in literally all the tank channels
different channels different standards idk
aren't balance bans temporary unless you do some really dumb shit
they arent temporary
nice
idk but for most part
i would avoid balance aside from getting job info and resources
for a moment it appear friendly
few moments later it becomes salt ground
From my experience a vast majority of people there hate my guts because I'm decidedly average in most fights
If not then idfk why
just get the info and move on
no need lose braincells talking to ppl there
note that balance have hidden strikes channel
you get banned for 3 strikes registered on you before you know it
tell me, at around what lvl there is enough people not to wait ~15 per dungeon?
~15min &
If DPS, it's always that long or even longer
Do side quests or FATEs in the meantime
anyone up for eden res normal on light
pretty pls
when will i find a good group for e6s pls 😦
i'm so done with that fight, i know my stuff, i just wanna clear damnit
but all the "post conflag" practice groups keep dying on the iphrit phase 😭
i don't even know what people die to in that phase
Just kill before conflag 🙂
Probably either get confused on the tethers or confused on the busters
my best kill is 8:10 😦
glamour
we have regular 25-45 minute unskippable discussions about Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium
hey yall... as a SMN which stats should i be focusing on getting on gear?? Spell Speed?
Crit > DH >= Det > SpS```
oh im way off xD
is it considered acceptable if you run raids with PF while also being in a static?
Ask your static.
If you clear a floor with PF ahead of your static's raidtime and thereby reduce the loot for your static when they clear, that would be a problem
whats the food bard right now
stuffed highland cabbage
Yeah I always run after my static's raidtime every reset
Yeah then it's not objectionable at all
some groups have like a vision where they only raid and progress together though
which is ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I think it's a fair thing, at least early on in the tier
later on it loses more, I dunno, credibility? I can't think of the proper adjective. But mainly I'd just talk with your group and see what expectations are, yeah
clearing with the group itself can be a big deal for some folks, for others it's mainly like, hey we're done for the week do whatever and we'll get back to prog when we can raid next week
very much a case by case basis
as long its to practice later phases its fine
clearing with pf means your static will get less chests and loot when they clear which usually cause problems cause no one like to get less loot than every other group
though u better clear if you got the chance if static not running again til after weekly reset since they will lose nothing and u get more loot
What would be the best channel where I can look to form an 8-man for High-End Duty content?
Ah, I see it. Thank you @quaint marten
If I was brand new, and would like to experience all the content, and was up to the Coils raid, what would be my best bet to actually getting to experience the entire thing? (Healer btw)
I have no friends XD
then go to the friend maker aka party finder
and try to specify that you want to see the story for coils
or ask novice network if you are in that, maybe some folks will come along
@stark light im sure they wont mind if you've cleared the 4 floors for the week
once i reclear on tuesday i do fuck all in pf
Think with FF7 remake doing some of the summons trial by combat they might use Hades or knights of the round from XIV? god I hope so. would be sweet
how hard is it for someone like me who got the game in last December, hit ilv 480 a month and a half ago and wants to tackle current savage raids to find a static group?
i have nothing under my belt except 7 clears of O12s
u can hit i480 in 5 mins after u hit 80
if you've cleared o12s before then you already got experience lol
not like it matters, anyone can raid 🙂
Can savages be done in pugs? Or is it exclusive for statics?
Also what's the easiest to hardest savage/ex at the moment?
can be done in pugs
but YMMV
pugs are wildcard they can be anything
static is static performance 50% of the time and controlled loot
Your mileage will severely vary with pug Savage.
There are several mechanics in this tier that just completely roadblock pug progression even if you already learned it.
Fury 14 in e5, conflag in e6, add phase in e7, light rampant in e8.
You can be in a pug that’s supposed to go way past any of those and still get stuck there.
So it can be rough sometimes.
I find CL kills more than F14 in e5s
omg we made it to the second half of e8s
light rampant goes off without a hitch now, flood phase needs a lil work
does anyone have timelines of e5-8s?
I want to figure out more efficient TBN moments
yes, poggers to you too
What do people put on their DRK relic for materia?
I did Crit iirc
For WAR: Relic vs Ruby?
relic
Weapon? Crystarium beats neo for sure
what about armor
I think it’s the same deal, I can’t recall of any Crystarium pieces with much worse secondary stats compared to pentamelded neo
And also have to consider the higher defense/main stats
I was told that neo ishgardians beats 490 ilvl stuff when pentamelded
@torn kindle wondering if you can verify/share your opinon?
I’d have to double check the balance discord, but they usually don’t keep track of stuff below BiS for min-maxing.
@wheat stag best in Slot.
But it looks like only the Neo Helmet beats out Crystarium for tanks.
And the idealized helmet from Memoria Misera is BiS.
so helmet is only good part?
Once you get Crystarium gear, yes
How hard is e6s/e7s compared to e5s?
6s is a bit harder in pugs, 7s is a joke
From what I heard 7 is pretty easy if you have someone calling out portals
even without portals being called out, it's very easy. You can pretty safely just follow the crowd, there's plenty of time and leeway. And the later iteration with the black/white debuffs, people just stack all the dps together, and all the tanks/healers together--even stacking the AoEs there is pretty trivial
hard part of 7 is the teleport mechanics
Yeah those aoes only do like 10k damage or something?
once you get that figured out (position camera so TP debuff points where you want to go, press forward), the rest usually doesn't take too long to get
What Materia Meld for 480 Eden for Scholar?
Crit
What order?
Piety (until comfortable) ► Spell Speed (until 1015) ► Critical Hit ► Direct Hit ► Determination ► Spell Speed
For SCH
what does braindead strat mean on e7?
@distant wagon It means everyone with the same color sticks together during color portals.
Rather than older strats that would have them spread out the circle AoEs.
It was discovered a couple weeks in that the stacked circle AoEs can just be healed through.
wait what
So you can have the whole party stay in the same general area for the whole mechanic.
The AoEs tickle
don't you have enough space to spread them with pretty minimal movement?
They're a non threat
You do but it would require more callouts than braindead.
With stacking the AoEs its only like
oooh right i misread your first sentence
Braindead you just call out which portal each role starts in and whether or not you have to switch
30k damage
And that's literally the whole mechanic
Any AoE oGCD can cover it
so 4 of those only do 30k?
It turned what was one of the more complicated mechanics in the early weeks into the easiest mechanic of the fight
Hence "braindead"
that's uh not very savage of them
i keep hearing that but there's never any practice groups for it lol
well its late in the tier atm
literally haven't been able to start the fight yet, cleared e6 on tuesday
its gonna be hard to find a group of any sort that isn't clear/chest unfortunately
i just at least wanna get to e8 before continuously wiping on that until the next tier
I wish you luck
ty
although im sure you have heard this before
but starting your own group may be beneficial
probably a dozen people chillin like you looking for non existent practice groups
yeah when i say start a group i dont mean a static. start a pug. start a new pug for each chunk of boss progression 😄
i can't really do statics since exams are coming up and i got 2 weeks left before i can't raid no more, but i'll try making my own groups!
@untold oyster is this true
is what true
static leading < pugging
it depends
if you get a good group together it's better than pugging
if you're stuck in a never ending recruitment limbo then it sucks ass
Am I supposed to use potions
tinctures?
Potions only seem useful in pvp
Can’t use outside items in PVP
If you mean HP potions those are pretty much useless in savage. The main potions you want to use are the stat potions to boost your damage.
I can’t remember the exact name of the best version of MP potions, but Super-Ethers can be helpful for healers in a pinch
Or SMN/RDM if you’re raising people.
Can you get Tomstome of Soldiery anymore?
no
anything that was once bought with soldiery is bought with allied seals or poetics
So the mounts?
Oh the moogle soldiery tomes
yea
none of those are specific to the moogle tomes
they're either ARR beast tribe mounts or from extremes
ahh ok
The only exclusive items are the ones that cost 100
Is there a way to calculated what my DPS should be at XYZ iLevel? My SAM parse are eternally gray. My rotation isn’t perfect but I don’t think it’s bad enough to justify the 7-8k gap I’m seeing in these top parses... I’m especially struggling with E6S... can’t seems to get a flow going on that one
have you plugged your parses into xivanalysis yet?
its at least a start to tell you things you might not have noticed/ might be missing in your rotation
is there anyone down to queue up for e5s? Just unlocked it and watch some videos and hoping to learn how to clear it
use party finder to join a learning/practice group
Is there a beast tribe guide floating around or its it just do the dailys?
you get 12 allowances per day, and for expansion beast tribes, you get 3 dailies per day
so you can't do all tribes every day, you'll have to pick and choose which ones you want to focus on
So you can do 4 tribes with 3 dailies?
provided ofc you dont have a rank up for that day, yeah
since rank up gives an extra 3 (not rank 7/8 tho)
Oh does rankup take 1 of the allowances?
like i said, you get an extra 3 dailies to do after you rank up
so if you rank up, you technically get 6 to do for that day
maxing out tribe takes about 2 and half weeks of dailies
@junior bolt i need your ilvl to judge along with wep
but i480 sam with i485 wep should be doing 16k+
@foggy latch I’m sitting at 484 with the 485 Relic Weapons.
On E5S I can hit 14.4, E6S I can barely hit 13K...
FFAnalysis says my Higanbana uptime is a bit on the low side : 70% range that’s what I’m currently focusing on. A handful of broken combo too.
Getting mixed answers but is TEA doable for dps using current 500 bis? And will serious groups accept that?
sure
you'll lose out a bit compared to having a BiS from last tier but it's not really that big a deal
@junior bolt you can use the gear planner to get an estimate with whatever your gear/melds are, to see around how much dps you should be doing. Here's a link to it https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Yj5eq1542hqmGByUZAxVV9mD7zxqv0bOOGg5o0XyPo/edit#gid=217931610. Definitely look towards the feedback you get from xiva and focus on that first and foremost--numbers can vary based on a lot of factors, but rotational errors are much more clear-cut and easier things to work on
Thanks Rika! I'll take a look and get started narrowing down my issues 🙂
sounds good <3
@subtle bone you'll be pretty fine, realistically the focus is more on consistent, good players that will do well with the group, rather than ones who have an optimized gearset
Hmm i see. Alright then ill ask recruiting groups what their standard is first i suppose.. ugh starting this game so late is really punishing when trying to do these ultimates
Thank you rika
mmm it's not really so bad coming late to ultimates, if you can find other people that want to go back to do them. They're very strongly mechanics and consistency checks, and while the dps checks are still present they're not really to the point of having to min-max gear or anything for them. Plus with all the time we have before new savage/ultimate, there's gonna be a lot of bored people and a lot of time to get things done
True. Ok thanks for the infos 
I got some questions about preparing for endgame and some class questions. Is this the right place to ask about some basic questions?
Sure go ahead
Alright I'm planning on joining up with some buddies to dip our toes into savage content. Currently I'm playing BLM with a hodgepodge of Edencall, Crystarium, and a little Neo-Ishguardian stuff atm. Some people have told me to go heavy into crit and direct hit with spell speed to comfort. However one of my BLM buddies who's done savage content has a mere 800 something crit. I'm torn now on what my gameplan is. Do I max spellspeed or is there a cap I need to watch out for?
you dont need max stats to beat savage
The gameplan is to use your highest ilvl gear and start clearing
also spellspeed matters depends on what rotation you are following
but most ppl do the 0? sps rotation
Neoishgardian + crystarium gear is good enough before you replace the neoish with raid gear
You mean I can ignore spell speed entirely.
The sks part or the clearing the raid part? :(
the spellspeed bit
O ok
your info was fine
but as far as spellspeed for BLM. It's a stat that the job scales well with, and also can help the job be a bit more playable. In the end you can get pretty comparable sets at a wide range of spellspeed, but as an initial estimate for where most people like playing at, around 2k+ is a good first step. While you can play fine at lower sps, things are a bit tighter and it often doesn't feel as good to play with
if you want to go with higher sps or lower sps though, more power to you. At BiS we have a high sps set (~3.7k sps) which has minimal crit simply by virtue of there not really being sps + crit pieces at BiS. A comparable set instead invests strongly into crit, ending with a more moderate 2k sps
there's some slight nuances you can take advantage of at especially high sps, but it also comes with drawbacks. But not nearly to the point that it's a "different rotation" or anything
in general as a stat spread we recommend something like was mentioned before, sps to comfort > crit/dh > det. But then you have to worry about how much of each stat you have to see if things might be more or less worthwhile, consider stat tiers, etc. So purely following the priority won't give you an optimized set (like in the case of not having much crit, crit gets much lower priority)
I see. So it really varies eventually. I can worry about the little things once i get my bis gear? I don't have to worry about it too much just to contribute into savage clears?
absolutely not. Even at BiS you'll barely see much difference between swapping secondaries around. Short of BiS just get to a comfortable spellspeed, and the exact spread of secondaries you go for after that won't make for much of a difference, as long as you're melding relevant stats and not stuff like piety or skillspeed or tenacity
err, just to make sure, since you asked a few questions and I answered just "absolutely not". I meant, yes it varies, don't worry about the little stuff too much until BiS, it won't really have any sort of effect towards your contribution in clearing content
Thanks so much for your help, btw! 😄
When are weekly chests gonna uncap? Will it be in the 5.3 drop or in patches after. (5.35 etc)
for the last few raid tiers it's been near the very end of an odd patch, but hard to tell how lack of an ultimate will affect it
either very late 5.35 (5.38 or smth) or just 5.4
Hey, I'm starting to get into e7s, and I've watched a vid on the fight. However, I'm noticing that there's a "Braindead strat" that's going around PF, what's that?
so, during the section with unjoined aspect (black/white debuffs) and portals. Instead of spreading out a bit and making sure to not overlap the colored AoEs, you can pretty safely stack the same colored ones, it doesn't do all that much damage. So all tanks/healers will stack together throughout that, all dps will stack together throughout that. Generally all up at like, the top left corner (or top right), using that corner square and the one below it
@dull radish https://youtu.be/4b-SY1VTPdM Wait so this is the Braindead strat people are referring to?
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yeah
A couple other things, is the T cross referring to the first set of portals, where the parties will be positioned?
It refers to betwixt world, when the dps get tethered to the birds and have to position the beams. The 2 dps who are tethered to the 2 middle birds position themselves so they teleport directly south of their tethered bird. The dps who are tethered to the outer birds teleport to the most NW or NE square on the opposite side of their bird.
Ahhh alright, thanks for all the info
How difficult is E2s-E4s now?
Shouldn't have trouble beating enrage, but the important mechanics are still there
Ah alright wanna do it to get the drg gear for glam
weapon damage is the most effective
followed by main stat (str fot melees, dex for ninja and ranged, int for casters, mind for healers_
folowed by sub stat (determination, crit, direct hit etc)
For E5S, Is it alright to take both DRK and PLD?
absolutely
Any comp works
I heard that it isnt really good but i only heard that from people
you can clear with any combination of jobs just fine
and it won't really make things notably more difficult or anything
Thank you so much for answering my question !
no problem <3
its still within the 5% main stat increase when we say any comp
for E5S no I really do mean any comp
like it'll be a bit awkward/annoying with extra melee but sure go ahead
you can clear it just fine
Just don’t greed Fury’s Fourteen
Hi, I wanted to ask about e5s for tank,
My off tank kept dying during the 14 spear when he have to go in the circle and active his action bar, he never stay alive and he doesnt know why
We dont know why either, can anyone explain whats the problem? o;
Is he using cooldowns?
Yes
He need at least 1?
Yep
He still died
Do you have a log?
If he moves or pops sprint or anything after using the extra action he will cancel it
Just don’t greed Fury’s Fourteen
@torn kindle four melee btw
Sadly no...
I guess an important piece of info is if it's just a death, or if the mechanic itself is failing
we had inconsistency issues until we realized that the tank was not always facing ramuh
is he facing the boss or is he taking the charge up the ass
O-oh my
but that will fail the mechanic, not solely kill the tank
Hes facing the boss
is he just dying instantly
He told me when he hear the sound to use the action bar, he use it right away along with his cd and still getting killed
does he stand firm?
what cooldowns
the dash do 210k with 0 mitigation
I think its just his def skills, reduce dmg
so u need 2 minimum
he needs his 30% and rampart
Gimme moment, ill ask him quick
“I clicked it until the number went down from 2 to no number. Skills I used was Nebula, 30% dmg reduction”
Thats what he said
He needs more
Nebula, Rampart, and Heart of Stone should be more than enough
Alternatively if you so wish, you can Superbolide, but that's entirely how you wish to deal with that mechanic
super would be more safe as he can be healed before taking the action
just in general using invuln for that charge is super big value
And if you have a WHM, Bene still puts him to full and he won't take damage
since using it elsewhere is kinda eh
So he'll still be at full HP

It feels so weird to weave on whm when I’m so used to ast 
Been clipping myself thinking I can weave after my gcd

yeah can take a bit of getting used to
AST free weaves are powerful
other way around was weird for me too
i'm constantly missing casts because I spam the button but it never goes through because skills are still on cd
10 seconds later I notice that the dot was never applied

I need to get used to when to use Presence of mind
Like I use it in opener
But after
I just forgot its existence

put it on separate toolbar, make it big
use that toolbar for all the DON'T FORGET skills of all the classes
@somber sand has been banned by Yen#1904 for the following reason:
spammer
1.7k pie
i could never
more piety 
question when should I attempt eden savage?
You should be competent enough to do current extreme fights first. Then make sure you're at least i480 cause some things will just shit on you without the extra hp
consider doing the new ex trial to get some 480 gear, relic for an easy 485 weapon. Can also go for eden normal/crafted gear to get some other 480 stuff
the first tier of eden, eden's gate, gives 450 on normal, 470 on savage. The second tier of eden, eden's verse, gives 480 on normal, 500 on savage
yeah, 490 gear will generally be better than gear at a lower ilvl (there'll be some exceptions here and there but it's not a big deal)
but since you're limited on the amount of tomes you can get per week, you can look to other options to get your ilvl up as well, sort of filler pieces before you can get higher ilvl stuff to replace it
fair
So i came back yesterday (ty login campaign), and im wondering. Is Memoria Miseria worth doing?
difficulty wise, how is it?
Not bad, just takes some learning
as long group know how to bait autlus then u can clear
everything else can be recovered
Is it worth making a dark knight DPS Macro ?
you dont wanna macro your skills except at very niche cases
The only skill I’d macro for DRK is for Salted Earth to be placed on your feet or your current target.
Along with Shirk to target the off-tank
My group in speed 
@drowsy musk i hope everyone in there has megumin glamour or ill be disappointed
That could be fun lol
Hello, I do have a question. forgive me since I’m new in the FFXIV discord. Is there anyway I can find like a group/static? Looking for a mid or hardcore static.
#recruitment-crystal
Thank you.
people talk here?
Only to flex
How is warrior around lvl 70-80
Not much changes
Your unga bunga get traits to be more unga bunga
And you get lifestyle on shott cd
all tanks have combos, just different flavours of combos
drk has a 123 combo they spam constantly to generate gauge and spend it on other skills,
warrior has a 123 combo with two different 3 finishers, one to get/maintain a damage buff, other to generate gauge and spend it on other skills like drk,
pld has a 123 combo with two different 3 finishers, one for a dot, other for 3 charges of a skill (so basically a one button combo), and every 60s they have a magic phase where they spam damage spells, so another sorta 1/2 button combo, it sounds the most complex but it's the most straightforward/rigid rotation
and gnb has a 123 combo they also spam but they get a cartridge with each combo to spend on another combo or one-off hits, plus a lot of other buttons not connected to any combos/resources
@urban briar PLD has one of the easier rotations of the tanks I think. Though when you are trying to optimize it the timing becomes extremely tight.
But as far as learning what you have to do it isn’t bad
If you are looking for a tank experience that is more similar to DPS than you would go GNB.
Hello, I'm brand new to this discord, and I wanted to ask if it's a good place to find people for endgame content and old ex/savage content?
I've been looking for a place to find casual players to fill in slots in raids and have vc with. This place looks promising on first inspection.
ty
lmao that server icon
@urban briar pld is a easy tank to play but it is very hard to optimize in end game content
if you want a easier tank where its 'hey keep this thing up' and 'hey press me on cooldown' play war
https://discord.gg/fgMcCkv
@foggy latch is there a NA data center equivalent? i'm in Primal-Behemoth and i'm looking to join a team /FC if possible, thanks in advance
thank you!
Where do you go about starting the beast tribe quests?
in nearby areas or from long-ish sidequests chains
guys i'm wondering
if i can't afford full +60 materia for all my gear
should i keep my gear empty or put +20 instead?
Put grade 6 if you can't do 8, they give 40 and are guaranteed to be removed
or shoul di just buy the +60?
I thought the question was about not being able to afford it
You can join a hunt linkshell, ShB A- and S-ranks give clusters, I'm pretty sure
Or level roulette above 70 as adventurer in need
ah ok thx
yes
the window is very short that you dont wanna delay it at all
even if reassemble is coming in next 2 secs after drill come off cd
Oh. Right.
Where can a first time raider look for some directions on Cinder extreme?
Google Docs
Cinder Drift (Extreme) Raid Strategy Guide Written by Lyra Rose. If you see this guide elsewhere besides thebalanceffxiv.com it isn’t supposed to be there. This guide aims to provide tips and strategies for defeating the Ruby Weapon in Cinder Drift (Extreme). The Ruby Weapon...
@dark frigate
thank you
Any pro MNK around?
Can someone tell me what a good server to join would be?? me and a bunch of friends are looking to start playing...
@magic trout If you're looking for data centers with good raid populations then go aether or primal
Are there also different serrvers in those data centers
Yes but when you raid you get people from all of them. So that's less important most of the time @magic trout
Though Gilgamesh and I think Midgardsormr on Aether are known as the "raid servers"
In 2020 that doesn't really mean that much
If you are playing with your friends I would make sure you all start on the same one but beyond that just have at it
Ok thats really cool. most of us are coming from Wow so we don't have much of a clue about FF14 but it will be fun
FFXIV raiding is definitely different
It's less reactionary. It's often compared to a dance whose steps you have to memorize
does the recruit a friend gain more xp
Question, what other then crit should dragoons go for? Also my relic shb weapon is maxed on crit, should I wait to materia meld it or should I just go for the next stats?
How do I “optimize my gear”
getting gear that has relevant stats on them that are bis stats for you job. putting proper materia in
So do I mix and match or do I want the full set
Like full eden or full neo Ishgard
What are rec stats for Dragoon anyways?
Two BiS sets from the balance. First one has a GCD of 2.46 and the second is a GCD if 2.48
So I should build Critical and direct hit rate
That makes sense
All the youtubers I’ve seen are getting crit like 90% of the time
friendship circlet
@torn kindle does this stack with Brand New Ring?
I'm looking to start E8S and I see there's many guides out there. I only run pugs so it can be problematic to be on a different page as someone else learning from a different guide. It wasn't a problem until now, but I feel like E8S is a different monster from the rest. Slight miscoordination seems fatal on a tight dps check. Basically, is there a universal and dated pug guide for E8S?
Ilya is what most Pugs use- also the DPS Check isnt tight anymore by any means
Oh that's reassuring. Thanks
Is there any overall advice on improving as a player for savage? Any preferred ways to practice or gain experience?
Make sure you can do your rotation flawlessly on a dummy, and ask ppl of your job if there's anything special to do in a specific fight
The less you have to think about your rotation, the more you can think about the fight
Other than that I think it's just practice
EX is nice for practicing adapting your rotation/greeding stuff
Memorization does seem to be a problem on my end, so I'll have practice that, thanks!
I also try to be greedy af sometimes during prog
see what I can get away with
and when it's clear time I step that back
As for raiding with BLM, should I save Triple Cast for mechanics?
generally no
I'm mid-dungeon, I can elaborate more in a bit
alright, so basically BLM at 80 has a lot of utilities for movement, both planned and otherwise. Triplecast, swiftcast, xenoglossy, procs (natural procs and forced procs via sharpcast), slidecasting, AM/BtL, and just overall prepositioning
since you have plenty of options you can take advantage of, you're better off using triplecast on cd after a fast F3 from UI3--it'll line up with some things you have to move for anyways--and rely on other options for movement unless you really have a situation where you wouldn't be able to have uptime if not for holding triple
this tier the only particular place I'd possibly recommend holding triplecast is E8S, and perhaps tornado in E7S
Oh ok
in general, there's almost always going to be a better way to deal with things. The more you play the job, the better you get at seeing the options and taking advantage of them. And occasionally things pop up like, finding a safe spot for thunderstorms in E5S, where initially you might think it requires a lot of movement but in actuality you can just stand there and cast
Yeah I can remember the times that movement is required
when you're unsure, if you have triple available and you have to move and can't see another way to deal with it, go ahead and triple, or use whatever you have at your disposal. But consider your options after as well, and think about if you can handle it better next time
things like watching pov's can help give some good ideas for that sort of stuff, too
is e7s harder than e6s?
Betwixt Worlds as a mechanic might really confuse some people, a couple folks in my static for some reason had trouble grasping the mechanic
Away with Thee*
Not having someone call out the colored portals in phase 2 could really give folks trouble as well
I don’t think it’s harder than e6 in general
i heard its not as hard if you have a competent guy to call out
Someone calling out portals can easily trivialize the mechanic
It's much easier, honestly. Adds are the hardest part of that fight, but it can be picked up and learnt in a short time.
Portals/towers looks overwhelming but is very simple.
Its hard to say if its easier because e6s isn't punishing at all until conflag strike
how much does TEA ultimate take from the alexander savage raids?
A3S+Nisi from A4S+A6S with water/lightning/renumeration+A8S+A11S a little bit+A12S
shanoa from 7s
ty
A4S dolls
shoul i do the older raids or just get to shadow bringers and do thos raids
is their any value in the older ones
Crystal Tower and Return to Ivalice at least (24-man Alliance Raid for ARR and SB) are pretty important
the rest are mostly for the story/glamour at this point
CT because it will become MSQ-required in the future.
Ivalice because it required for the ShB relic weapons
hi new to end game content just unlocked e1s, how do i go about looking for a group?
if you dont mind pugging, just look at the party finder
else maybe your FC or whoever you know in your server
i see thanks
50(?)% max hp
yeah it's around 50% max hp
is The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate) harder than the savage raids?
I beat E5-7S and I'm trying to do E8S, but I skipped 1-4. I need to clear 1-4 before I can do this raid?
yes, it's way harder, and the unlock is locked behind clearing e4s
i see, thanks!
clearing savage doesnt mean you can clear ultimate fight
clearing savage just make your eligible to unlock it not to clear it
heya, I just leveled my first class/job to 80 (tank) and was thinking of leveling a secondary job (dps) to 80 now. I tried BLM to 31 and couldn't stand the long cast times; could anyone suggest a dps (melee/ranged/caster) that's action packed, puts out solid dps and provides utility ithout super long cast times?
ninja
Hi mac, u can try summoner (quite mobile for a caster) and dragoon. Or monk if u want super busy moving
can someone help with TEA
I dont really understand the protean wave properly
after reading guides, all I can understand so far is the positions for the first one
so you position N and S of the boss to bait the first set
then range spreads on N to drop puddle AOE's then re-convene in the boss hitbox?
is that correct?
somewhat, but to be a bit precise like
the first set get baited together to make them easier to dodge, since you move out of these ones into position
the other ones are targeted based on proximity, so you have the 4 ranged move out to bait sluice, which targets the 4 furthest party members (and avoid getting cleaved from the proteans that tank/melee bait)
the sluice is the big circle AoEs yeah
so once sluice drops
after that (and the melee get hit) then you run into position to bait protean yourself, while the melee/tanks have to step out slightly
you generally have set positions for people to stand in for baiting, and places for the people that aren't baiting to stand to be safe
since getting hit by a protean gives you a debuff that has you taking more damage from the next protean hit (= death)
protean always selects the person closest
whether it's the protean from the boss, or the protean from the tornados
yeah
ok so to summarize just to make sure i understood
1st set of proteans are baited N/S
Ranged then moves out to bait sluice to drop it away from the boss
then moves in to bait a protean
so in total you get hit by protean once
yes, and during that sluice bait, tank/melee will be baiting a protean of their own (which you have to make sure you don't get hit by)
watching povs can help with clarity, as well
thats not my fault
well like
yeahhh I have a pov however its melee
let's say the melee was supposed to bait SW with their protean
and you went SW to bait your sluice
that's still on you
having set positions for protean is key
so people know where to stand/where not to stand
does melee bait on south? (boss relative)
it can vary a bit depending on how the group wants to position things
it's easier than it seems, really
yeah
for us, it was a bit more on people getting used to the timing, than the positioning
Should I buy neo ish gear for parts that aren’t crystarium yet?
if you arent planning to do savage then no need to
E4S is a bit of an odd one to go for at this point. Why are you trying to do that fight in particular, trying to unlock TEA?
oh, sure. Well when people are talking about savage they're generally mostly just talking about current tier (which is what the person was referring to when they mentioned savage)
neo ishgardian gear and higher is already quite overkill for those fights, you can do them with quite a bit less than that
so even if you're a bit lower in some slots you should be fine
it's more just a mechanics sort of thing, and while you can kill the fight quicker nowadays with higher ilvl gear, you can't kill it quick enough that you just get to ignore the mechanics that will wipe people
there's a decent number, but yeah that's a lot of where the difficulty is with raiding in general. Execution of mechanics, and consistency
if only the regalia came b T>T
Maybe SqE will consider doing so when they release a new DLC for XV
i am getting wrecked at regular eden trials, how do i practice savage without ruining peoples runs lol
Extreme trials are a good stepping stone in terms of relative difficulty
You make learning PFs
hi just cleared e5s today. How does the loot system work?
You basically get one clear per fight per week. You get a page, and can roll on any chests that appear (number of chests is dictated by number of people who have cleared that week before this clear) and win nothing, everything, or any number of items in between. Any subsequent clears you do for the week, even if a chest shows up you don't get any additional pages and can't see/roll on any more loot, and have to wait until next week after reset to get anything else from the fight.
As a small note as well, if you skip a floor for the week (e.g. enter E6S before you clear E5S for the week) you get flagged as having cleared E5S and can't get any pages/loot if you go back to it after. It gives a warning message when the party leader goes to queue explaining this too, but just mentioning it since some people overlook it
And might as well follow up with showing what shows up as loot for each fight:
!faq savageloot
omg give this forsaken soul rest from this hell ugh
is savage Ramuh considered 4/8? or is it 1/4? I'm just coming back to the game
e1-4 = normal, and e5s-8s = savage?
There are both Normals and Savages for both
To unlock the Savages, you need to do all the Normal Mode fights for each tier (in this case E1-E4)
Same for E5-E8
Then you unlock E1-E4s and E5-E8S
You also do not need to clear E1S-E4S to do E5S, you just need to do the NM fights for that tier
Hey guys, if I’m going to run Neo Exdeath unsynced (at 76 ish) with Echo turned on, do I still need to practice or can i just wing it and expect to clear it?
Just honestly want to unlock UCOB
The actually dangerous mechanics will probably still kill you if you don't do them properly
Thanks friend, will definitely try to find a party for practice
You'll need at least 4 people to do it
Is it even worth joining a static this late into the tier as a tank/healer? Most prioritize loot to dps so by the time I get any gear the next tier will prob be close
even if u didnt get gear, by release of next tier we will get craftable i510 gear which would be instantly pick up to most groups who got the gil
or craft it yourself
5.4 isn't like that close anyway
Expect it around sept at earliest
it's still worth joining for the raid experience, and maybe you'll get lucky with drops and end up full i500 within 2 weeks
At worse, you come out stronger at the very least
finally ugh took too much
maybe you'll get even luckier and have your weapon drop on the first clear
maybe you'll get even luckier and have no weapons drop for anyone's main job ever
Is there a reason why melees are so greedy?
Uptime
Because AoEs that you deal with by "running away and just standing there looking pretty" is among the most boring shit in the game
How is Dancer at lvl 80
3 layers of rng + hoping your group are decent
As a Dancer main that offends me
because it's so painfully true
but yeah, it is fun but the heavy reliance on RNG can be really frustrating
even though you do get all your procs every 60 seconds
Ill just get it to 80 and never touch it again
That works too
I main DNC but the more I get closer to capping all healers the more Im going yes yes healing - then I remember I want to do Eden Savage and go back to DNC

Im coming into the end game now, and I have 480 gear, never done a raid before and Im considering going through eden's gate. Should I?
Why shouldn't you ?
Im asking if it would be smart to go in without any raiding experience.
I advise against going into PFs but try finding a static willing to accept new players. It should roll way better. PF people are usually not as patient as static members.
Also try to get abit better gear, you can get 490 gear with tokens
(keep your relic tho it's BiS till you can upgrade the 490 weapon into the 500 one)
Don't hesitate to watch guides to learn your role and what to expect for mechanics too
Thanks a bunch!
well if it's just normal mode edens then they're casual content, dont really need high ilvl for it
and eden's gate is last tier too so you're way overgeared already anyways
I suppose i can ask about end game here? Does healer’s dps matter in savage content?
One of my friend told me that it isn’t our job to do dmg so, am I support to just heal only?
Whomever that friend is
they are a bad friend
healer dps has never mattered more than it does now probably
I was telling my friend that her dmg need to be improve, since she did like like 2% whole 20minutes, and he said that it isnt her job, as long her healing is good
in savage content it def matters
Am i misunderstand something here? Since i always casting my dps spell as much as i could and only heal before or after the aoe hit or healing tank when needed
Your friend doesn't necessarily need to do damage in casual content that she she probably plays
but in savage content
where there are actual damage checks that need to be met
losing almost 20k dps because healers "are only supposed to heal" will make any raid incompletable
How much does healer need to do at least? In eden savage
Entirely depends on how competent your team is
my whm at the beginnign of the raid tier for eden's verse, was doing 8k damage on white mage
I'm more interested in how your friend finds the game fun when they clearly must spend large amounts of time standing around in trials or normal raids
Something you have to get over when you're doing raid content is that the bosses dont really autoattack so spamming heals isnt a thing
it's mostly the raid aoe/tankbusters you have to work around, and that's what cds are for
Alright, thank you so much for answering my questions,
Sounds like your friend needs to go back and play WoW again lol
How is Machinist in Endgame
Will I get it often
Or is it like Star diver every minute
You get battery from the end of your combo and Hot Shot/Sky Anchor (might be wrong name)
Air Anchor
👍
Is there a like a rotation guide I can see
A video would be nice I’m a visual learner
!faq mchguide
Ensure any video guides are updated to at least patch 5.1
when MCH last had adjustments (potencies)
or definitely at least 5.05 when reassemble cooldown was changed
Video guides aren't very popular because a video has a limited time that it will be accurate before expiring
and a youtube video can't simply be edited to change that
I don't know what video guides are reputable.
Channy told me all ffxiv youtubers are bad and Liars
The only one I’d not recommend specifically is desperius or something like that
For job guides
MrHappy/Mizzteq are both pretty decent encounter guide makers, though I prefer Mizzteq more often
Hey would anyone be able to help me with two quick questions on E5S?
What questions?
For CL transfers (specifically triangle), is the CL transferred by the person who has it running to the person they are transferring it to? Or the person who wants it taking it from the person who has it? Also, I noticed in duty complete groups they didn't mark the CL order for triangle, was the order and 3-3 split based on the positioning for the stormcloud? Was a bit confused since Ive only downed it once
Unfortunately I tank so I'm not particularly familiar with it. I believe Ramuh targets the two closest people first(Should be melee dps), so it is the job of the ranged dps to grab it, hold it, and bring it to the healers. That would complete one cycle of chain lightning.
In this scenario, the only people that would need to move are ranged dps
i thought it was always two healers
Healers get CL
I guess we make our ranged work harder lol
The groups are predetermined as well in most cases, from my experience in triangle prog
theoretically though range move for passing, melee and healer stay still
in practice it's up to the party and someone alway's moving
Oh oops, I got it wrong. Furthest are tagged with CL?
Healers get it first
it's just healers i'm pretty sure, unless you're talking about stormclouds
i'd say join parties that do circle CL instead and forget about triangle nonsense












